Results 25,061-25,080 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet committee on infrastructure, environment and climate action has met since June 2016. [24366/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach his Department's role in Ireland's infrastructure planning; and if there is an official involved in this from his Department. [24676/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: It is fair to say that the work of Government seems to be even more sidelined now that the election campaign is under way for the new Fine Gael leader.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: The current contest is very interesting and revealing, perhaps more so than the party might have wished. It is interesting that the Minister for Social Protection was using his regular weekend media briefing to promote his views on what he modestly called a dramatic infrastructure plan. Many outside observers saw the reports and wondered whether he was simply announcing the much heralded...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: When can we expect to see the new plan?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: I refer to the revised infrastructure plan on which we all made submissions.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: Is that a different plan to the one we heard announced?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: Yesterday, the General Affairs Council agreed the more detailed negotiating directives, which follow on from the guidelines agreed at last month's summit. I do not believe there was anything surprising in these guidelines and it contains the reassurance concerning the European Union's citizenship right of Irish citizens in Northern Ireland, which we have advocated for here and in Brussels...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: The funding for it was cut.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: Six years ago the Government effectively abandoned the idea of taking policy consultations seriously. In retrospect, the evidence suggests that the mounting failures of Government to plan for a major crisis could have been avoided if there had been genuine political engagement, with policy debate and analysis. In the past, the NESC played a crucial role in providing a foundation for policy...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: My question was not in respect of Brexit.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: He proposed that we reduce taxes in that regard.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Richard Bruton proposed a cut in stamp duty which would have fuelled the boom.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: 18. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Mr. Michel Barnier on 11 May 2017; the issues discussed relating to Brexit; and the other matters that were discussed and the responses he received. [23021/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Northern Ireland (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: 96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the progress being made on the way to address the concerns of the families of the victims of the Kingsmill massacre. [24364/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Programme for Government Implementation (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: 124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in the programme for Government on justice issues, particularly regarding extending Garda oversight and accountability. [16402/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: 125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the latest CSO statistics on crime. [16719/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: 126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has discussed the new immigration policy being suggested by the UK Government with the UK Prime Minister, Mrs. May. [20725/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: North-South Ministerial Council (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: 371. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the support his Department provides for the North-South Ministerial Council and the British Irish Council. [24367/17]
- Leaders' Questions (24 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: The collapse of the longest running criminal trial in history, involving charges against Sean FitzPatrick, former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank, represents a damning indictment of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, ODCE, but also reflects poorly on the Garda and indeed on the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. In essence, the State's capacity to investigate...